World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel

The Palestine Israel
Ecumenical Forum (PIEF) of the World Council of Churches invites member
churches, faith-based communities, and civil society
organizations around the world to join together in 2014 for a week of
advocacy and action in support of an end to the illegal occupation of
Palestine and a just peace for all in Palestine and Israel.
Congregations and individuals around the globe who share the hope of
justice shall unite during the week to take peaceful actions, together,
to create a common international public witness.

How to get involved

As
participants in World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel, from 21 to 27
September 2014, churches around the world shall send a clear signal to
policy-makers, community groups, and their own parishes about the urgent
need for a peace settlement that ends the illegal occupation and
secures the legitimate rights and future of both peoples.

Already, planning has begun for World Week for Peace
2014, during which participants will organize and join in events and
activities around the following three principles:

1. Praying with churches living under occupation, using a special prayer from Jerusalem and other worship resources prepared for the week.

2. Educating
about actions that make for peace, and about facts on the ground that
do not create peace, especially issues related to prisoners.

3. Advocating with political leaders using ecumenical policies that promote peace with justice.

Why?

This annual observance of a week of prayer,
education, and advocacy calls participants to work for an end to the
illegal occupation of Palestine, so that Palestinians and Israelis can
finally live in peace. It has been 66 years since the creation of the
State of Israel. This has not led to the creation of an independent
Palestinian state but has only deepened the tragedy of the Palestinian
people. It is now 47 years since the occupation of East Jerusalem, the
West Bank and Gaza overwhelmed the peaceful vision of one land, two
peoples.

Yet the dream of one nation cannot be fulfilled at the expense of another.